The expected high for New Year’s Day is 53 degrees.Īn atmospheric river is a weather system that moves high concentrations of water vapor outside of the tropics. Sunday, which is New Year’s Day, comes with a 20% chance of rain. According to the NWS, significant rain is in the forecast again for Friday and Saturday.
Patchy fog and partly sunny skies are likely on Wednesday with showers on Thursday. The National Weather Service in Hanford says that at least three-quarters of an inch of rain could fall today and the rain gauge could eclipse more than an inch by midnight. This will begin a parade of storms for California that will last into 2023, dropping widespread heavy rain statewide and FEET of mountain snow. An atmospheric river created by a low-pressure system off the Pacific Northwest is expected to drench Fresno today as it eventually spreads to Los Angeles by Tuesday night.Ī Category 4/5 atmospheric river is barreling towards the West Coast.
